Archive for the ‘Puno travel information’ Category
If you enjoy documenting your experiences with photography, a phenomena you are sure to encounter in Puno is that MOST locals seem to hate getting their pictures taken. Unless you’ve got a long lens, catching a natural shot of a local is a challenge. Read more…
Most tourist spots are in and around Calle Lima. A little bit of bargaining will get you a discount, but don’t push it too far if you want your food prepared without any bodily fluids. Read more…
Juliaca is a city in the Puno Region, Peru. It is the region’s largest city and capital of the San Román province. Juliaca is on the Altiplano, 3825 meters above sea level. It is located in the Collao Plateau and close to Lake Titicaca. Cattlebreeding creates a strong trade in leather goods and textiles, also wool trading is big in this area. Also close are the ruins of Sillustani. Read more…
Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (IATA: JUL, ICAO: SPJL), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Inca Manco Cápac in Spanish, is an airport situated in the city of Juliaca, thirty minutes from the city of Puno at Titicaca Lake. It is run by CORPAC S.A. Read more…
Uros are a pre-Incan people that live on forty-two self-fashioned floating man-made islets in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. They form three main groups: Uru-Chipayas, Uru-Muratos and the Uru-Iruitos. The latter are still located on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and Desaguadero River. Read more…
Daily buses depart to and from La Paz, Bolivia on two slightly different routes.
Daily buses depart to and from Cuzco and Arequipa. Read more…
Bolivia, officially The Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, and Chile and Peru to the west. Read more…